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>"To prevent this, Google has turned off posting." Silence, peasants! Names are things we agree on, or they lose their utility. Also, consistency would be nice
by drweevil 2y ago
>"To prevent this, Google has turned off posting."
Silence, peasants!
Names are things we agree on, or they lose their utility. Also, consistency would be nice. If you object (as Trump does) to Ft. Bragg -> Ft. Liberty, Ft. Hood -> Ft. Cavazos, etc. why are you renaming major geographical features?
- RegnisGnaw 2y agoWe don't agree on names or geography, which is why Google does this for tons of other regions. Think of this: - East Sea vs Sea of Japan (Japan vs South Korea) - Who owns Kashmir on the Map (India vs Pakistan)
- drweevil 2y agoThese are all areas of contention, i.e. Malvinas/Falklands. This, otoh, is not, so we do (or did, anyway) agree on the name. It has been universally referred to as the Gulf of Mexico as long as I remember. I'd literally never heard of Gulf of America or have seen it referred to as such on any map until Trump did this. Like Denali/Mt. McKinley, it is being done to belittle or disparage some despised population.
- cratermoon 2y agoSince Google has turned off posting, here are some other thoughts. Try right-clicking on the map and reporting a data issue. If that fails (and I've heard reports that Google has also broken it), I noticed there are many other place names on the maps referencing or named after Gulf of Mexico. Reporting inconsistent usage across the platform is worth attempting, too. It appears Google hasn't broken the "Add photos and videos button", so another approach would be to upload photographs clearly showing the Gulf of Mexico name. This could be maps, or signed places, like the National Maritime Museum of the Gulf of Mexico in Mobile Alabama, pages from the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act, or anything demonstrating the provenance of the Gulf of Mexico moniker.